Our “sponsors” are persons or organizations that have donated (or pledged to donate) funds to BDTI in order to support its mission to improve corporate governance in Japan, the quality of decision-making by Japanese boards, and Japan’ economy and markets. In addition, many others have also supported BDTI in various other ways since our formation in 2009. Most of these supporters are listed here. If we have missed anyone, please let us know! All of you deserve credit and thanks.
BDTI is extremely grateful for the generous financial support which has been extended by its “Special Sponsors”, each of whom has donated ￥300,000 or more – sometimes significantly more. In this group, “Sustaining Donors” are those sponsors who have donated more than 300,000 per year on average since they first donated to BDTI.
Sustaining Donors
| Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd. | |
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| Asian Institutional Investor | |
| Baillie Gifford & Co. | |
| CLSA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. | |
| Cornwall Capital | |
| Cosmo Public Relations | |
| European Institutional Investor | |
| FEL Corporation | |
| Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited | |
| Give2Asia | |
| GMO | |
| Hibiki Path Advisors Pte. Ltd. (“Hibiki”) | |
| Independent Franchise Partners, LLP | |
| Misaki Capital Inc. | |
| Morrow Sodali | |
| Oasis | |
| Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc. | |
| QuestHub | |
| Swiss Re International SE | |
| Swiss Institute of Directors | |
| TANABE & PARTNERS | |
| Third Point LLC | |
| Daizo Motoyoshi | |
| Hup Jin Goh | |
| Kathy Matsui | |
| Katsuya Debari | |
| Nicholas Benes | Representative Director, BDTI |
| Tsuyoshi Maruki | |
| “Special Sponsors” (Donated more than 300,000 Yen at least once) |
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| abrdn | |
| Advisory Research, Inc. | |
| Asset Value Investors Ltd | |
| CCCJ | The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan |
| La Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) | |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) | |
| Fidelity International (フィデリティ投信株式会社) | |
| Franklin Templeton | |
| Ichigo Asset Management, Ltd. | |
| Indus Capital Partners, LLC | |
| Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited | |
| Matthews International Capital Management, LLC | |
| New Horizon Capital Co., Ltd. | |
| Russell Investments | |
| Shearman & Sterling LLP | |
| State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. | |
| Symphony Financial Partners | |
| Donald Kanak | |
| James R. Weisser | |
| Julian Bashore | |
| Masaki Gotoh | |
| Robert F. Grondine | Former Partner Lawyer, White & Case L.L.P., Tokyo, Japan |
| Sayoko Matsumoto | Individual |
| Seishi Ikeda | Partner, Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) |
Supporters
Supporters are persons or organizations which support BDTI and its mission in a variety of non-financial ways, ranging from the exchange of research and information; provision of services, networking and introductions to find donors; training program customers and other supporters; and other forms of cooperation.
| The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) | |
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| Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) | |
| CFA Society Japan | |
| Codrington Corporate Governance Japan | |
| Harmony Jinzai, Inc. | |
| METRICAL INC | |
| Rikkyo Institute for Business Law Studies | |
| Stanford Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship (STAJE) | |
| Sunrise Advisors Co., Ltd. | |
| Kenta Kumagai | Attorney |
| Kazutaka Kuroda | Executive Committee Member, Japan Sustainable Investment Forum |
| Takehiro Nakagawa | Attorney |
Corporate Participating Members
| Advantest Corporation |
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| Anritsu Corporation |
| Azbil Corporation |
| B-R31 ICE CREAM CO.,LTD. |
| Dalton Advisory KK |
| EAW K.K. |
| Farallon Capital Japan LLC |
| Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. |
| Lazard Asset Management |
| Marathon Asset Management LLP |
| Natixis Japan Securities Co., Ltd |
| Panasonic Corporation |
| Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. |
| Stanton Chase International K.K. |
| Virtuous Capital LLC |
Founding Sponsors
BDTI is also extremely grateful for the generous financial support which has been extended by the following “Founding Sponsors”. Thank you very much!
| Allen T. Atchley | Representative Director/CEO, Premier Asset Management Company |
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| Daniel Bernstein | President and CEO, Bel Fuse Inc. |
| Vicki L. Beyer | Professor of Law, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University |
| Royanne K. Doi | Outside Director, Gojo & Company, Inc. |
| Helen Dulik | Individual |
| Takaaki Eguchi | Individual |
| Takayuki Fujii | Individual, Manager of a manufacturing company in Japan |
| Kyoji Fukao | Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University; Faculty Fellow, RIETI |
| Makito Hamada | Professor, Rikkyo Univ., Business Administration; Lecturer, Aoyama Gakuin; Chairman ACFE Japan |
| Koichiro Hayashi | Former President, Institute of Information Security |
| Dai Kimura | Individual |
| David A. Makman | Law Offices of David Makman |
| Hajime Matsuura | Director of Corporate Engagement Senior japan Equity Specialist |
| Koichiro Naganuma | Executive Director and Chairman of the Board, Asatsu-DK Inc. |
| Yuuichiro Nakajima | Managing Partner at Crimson Phoenix K.K. |
| Kazuo Noda | Chairman, Japan Research Institute |
| Barrett O’Neill | Individual |
| Thierry Porte | Operating Partner, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC |
| Akio Sashida | Regular member, The CFA Society of Japan Inc. |
| Takaya Seki | Managing Director, Corporate Practice Partners, Inc.; Lecturer, Meiji Univ., Graduate School of Global Business |
| Akihisa Shiozaki | Attorney, Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematau |
| Tadao Suzuki | Former Chairman of Mercian Corporation |
| Shinya Tsujimoto | Individual |
| Masataka Ueda | Individual |
| Bradford Walters | Individual |
| K.K. Curtis Herron | Corporate Training Firm |
| Glen S. Wood | Global Financial Analyst, Author, Media Contributor |
These are of course only the names of the donors which we are permitted to disclose at this time. (In fact, BDTI was supported by over 250 founding sponsors in total.) Therefore, we would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to those other parties who have made anonymous contributions not listed here.
Other Supporters
